1926. Year of jazz and Fascism. Bland series begins blandly - Anna Chancellor being fed 'lemonade', cook crying as no food has been delivered, owner's son shagging the maid. And people keep saying 'How did you find your room?' ('It was at the top of the stairs where you said it would be') / 'How do you find Lucien?' ('I go to his room and there he is') / 'How do you find Italy?' ('With a map') etc.
Pretty pretty Portofino and sunshine keep it going (and a zuppa de pesce). Actually it was filmed in Opatija, Croatia.
A 6-part Britbore original, a sort of Downton in Italy, written by Matt Baker (Professor T). Rather clearly left open for season 2.
With Natasha McElhone, some other people... Not too convincing: Mark Umbers, Adam James (Yank), Imogen King, Lorenzo Richelmy, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Elizabeth Carling, Oliver Dench, Lily Frazer. Louisa Binder acquits herself as the nanny. Pasquale Esposito is the baddy.
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